Jordy's First Tri-ever!

March 26, 2011.....The Icebreaker Triathalon. Jordyn and these ladies from work trained and participated in this Tri. An icebreaker it was....BRRRR! It was pretty cold for the spectators. She had a blast and said that she would totally do it again. We were so proud of her for sticking to her training and finishing the Tri, looking like it was a piece of cake.

The fine ladies from L & D at AF Hospital
Jordyn was #258
The transition on the bike
Running into the finish line
A definite thumbs up finish
Jordyn with her biggest fans!
After the race
Must have been great because she wore a "perma-grin" the rest of the day! Sure love you and are so proud of what you accomplished, Jord!

Celebration at Los Hermanos

Nana's favorite place to eat out was "Los Hermanos". Every year, since she left us, we go to Los Hermanos for her birthday celebration in her honor. It is nice to be able to think about her and I know that she would be so excited that we are together and that we are eating her favorite food. We also get the birthday song......and get to share the fried ice cream. We love you Nana and are so grateful for you and the legacy you gave us.

Easton's "New Adventure"

Easton was asked to play on the "Irish" a super league team composed of boys 9 and under from American Fork, Highland and Pleasant Grove. He had his first practice tonight and got his new uniform. He was so excited!

At his practice, he hustled and charged the ball and did a great job. The coach had each boy pitch a few to him and another coach. When it was Easton's turn, the coaches eyes lit up when he drilled it to the catcher. I don't think I want him to pitch....

Yesterday was his 2nd practice and it was outside. The first practice was in the AFHS gym. So....outside, the players were set a positions and players were taking turns hitting. Easton was on 3rd and one of the players hit a pop-up towards 3rd. Easton dives for it and does a somersault to catch it. All the coach could say was..."Wow!" Boomer was so proud.

We are sooooo excited for baseball this season and to watch the "Fighting Irish".

Elder Whittaker does Service!

Elder Whittaker is serving in Cartago, Costa Rica. Here is a P-Day of service! We are so proud of him and all that he is accomplishing on his mission. He is a great example to us all!
He is Senior companion and trainer to his comp on the left, Elder Gonzalez. He was also made District Leader and is feeling a bit overwhelmed. We know he will do a great job!

Elder Whittaker and Elder Gonzalez.

Birthday Surprise

For my birthday, My mom and my 2 girls surprised me with a lunch and shopping day. It was so fun to go and laugh with my 3 favorite girls! Thanks for a great day!

We went to Park City and ate at Kneaders! My Mom brought my favorite cake....chocolate cake from Magelby's! it was Sooooooo goooood! Then we went to the outlets and shopped and had a wonderful time. We definitely need to make sure that we do this more often.

The girls talked Gege into gettting on the riding horse so they could laugh and of course take her picture. She is always such a great sport!

We went to Los Hermanos to dinner that night with all the Whittakers, to celebrate our 8 birthdays in the month of March. It was nice to get together with everyone.

Thanks to all that made my birthday great! I love you all!!

Manti Temple

Boomer and I were married in the Manti temple over 25 years ago. As much as I am embarrassed to say, we haven't been back for an Endowment session. Our daughter Shea was married there a year ago, and I have been there for baptisms for the dead with the Young Women but not for an Endowment. This is pretty sad! We decided that it was about time we returned. Manti and Salt Lake are the only temples that still do "live" Endowment sessions. It was a great experience and we were so glad that we went. We also decided that it wouldn't be 25 years before we returned for the next time.

My parents and I were sealed in the Manti temple over 45 years ago. It was a great expereince to have them there in the Manti temple with us today! Love them so much and so grateful that I will have them for the eternities!

Magnificent day!! I think this is my favorite temple!

Homecoming of Logan's Trainer

Last week I received a phone call from someone that sounded a bit Spanish....it was a call from Elder Whittaker's trainer...Elder Tyler Gledhill. He has recently returned from his mission in Costa Rica and said that he had a package that he brought home from Elder Whittaker from Costa Rica. He also mentioned that it was his homecoming on Sunday and that he would love for us to come. We have been so excited to meet Elder Gledhill because Logan talked so highly of him. While on the phone call Elder Gledhill expressed to me how much he loved Elder Whittaker and that he was his favorite companion. On Sunday, we went to hear Elder Gledhill speak and were so grateful that we did. What a great young man and great missionary. You could tell he loved his mission and the people of Costa Rica. He told of a story of he and his companion(his companion was a greenie and very excited. He also didn't know much Spanish) that had come upon a woman in Costa Rica that was carrying platones(sp?) bunches of bananas. She would walk a bit and then set the bananas down and rest and she would do this frequently. The Elders stopped the woman and asked if they could help her carry the bananas for her and they assumed that she lived fairly close. The woman lived 5 miles down the road. The Elders carried the bananas for her all the way to her house. Elder Gledhill said he did most of the talking to this woman while the other Elder packed the banana's. When they got to the womans home, she asked them in for some lemonade. The Elders asked if they could share their message, and she said maybe another time. The greenie Elder was so excited to teach the gospel that he sat on the couch and in his weak Spanish expressed "Why don't we teach you now?" The woman looked at Elder Gledhill, like "Didn't he understand that I said another time?" but needless to say they taught this woman the gospel. The greenie Elder ended up being ELDER WHITTAKER!!! We loved hearing stories and look forward to getting together with Elder Gledhill again soon.

In the package that Elder Gledhill had from Elder Whittaker were soccer jersey's for his younger brothers! They were so excited that they came home and put them right on. We understand soccer is a huge sport in Costa Rica.